Package-carrier.



No. 704,368. Patented July 8, I902.

0. M. POND.

PACKAGE CARRIER.

(Application filed Dec. 13, 1901.,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORLANDO M. POND, or INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.

PACKAGE-CARRIER.

SEECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,368, dated July 8, 1902.

Application filed December 13,1901. Serial No. 85,729. (No model.)

To (0 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO M. POND, of Independence,in the county of Buchanan and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Carriers; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is an improved carrier for packages, school-books, &c.; and its object is to provide a carrier which can readily be adjusted to different sizes of bundles, &c., and the strap tightly fastened rapidly and securely.

The invention consists in the novel construction of the carrier, as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the carrier attached to a package. Fig. 2 is a sectional View through the strapfastener thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail.

The carrier comprises a stiff bar A, preferably of wood, to which a hand-loop B is fastened by staples b or in other suitable manner. T0 or near one extremity of this bar is fastened the end of a strap O, the other end of which may be passed through a staple or keeper D, attached to the other end of bar A and projecting horizontally therefrom, as shown. On this staple is hung a catch-plate E, having perforations 6, through which the legs (Z of the staple pass, so the plate E can be moved toward or from the bar A. The plate E is bent longitudinally, so that its up per edge points toward the end of barA, and this upper edge is serrated, as at e. The

strap O is passed between the plate E and end of bar, and if the strap is pulled backward the serrations e of the plate catch the strap and bind it tightly against the end of bar, as shown in the drawings.

To apply the carrier to a bundle, the strap is loosened sufficiently to slip around the bundle. Then its free end'is drawn through staple D and between the plate and bar until it is taut around the bundle. The strap is then bent down over the plate E and the latter pushed inward until its edge e bites the strap against the end of bar, whereupon the strap is securely fastened and the package can be carried by loop B. To release the strap, plate E is drawn away from the end of bar A and the free end of strap raised, so that it can be readily drawn back through keeper-D.

Having thus described myinvention, what I therefore claim as new is' 1. In a package-carrier the combination of the bar, the staple-shaped keeper attached to one end thereof, the catch plate slidably mounted on the keeper, and the strap at tached at one end to-the bar and having its free end passed through the keeper and be= tween the catch-plate and end of bar, sub stantially as described.

2. In a package-carrier, the combination of the bar, the hand-loop, and the strap attached at one end to the bar; with a staple-shaped keeper fastened to one end of the bar, the catch-plate strung on the legs of the keeper and movable to and from the end of bar, said catch-plate having its upper edge bent toward the bar and serrated, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affiXmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORLANDO M. POND.

Witnesses:

' H. N. HOVEY,

O. W. FIEsTEn. 

